Patents by Inventor Benjamin An Shing Chao

Benjamin An Shing Chao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230099377
    Abstract: A flow generator includes a housing, a blower structured to generate a flow of pressurized breathable air, and a suspension device to support the blower within the housing and provide a pressure seal between low and high pressure sides of the blower. The suspension device includes a bellows-like portion provided along the perimeter of the blower to absorb shock applied at least radially to the blower and one or more cones provided along upper and/or lower sides of the blower to absorb shock applied at least axially to the blower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Allan Freas VELZY, Samuel Aziz MEBASSER, Roman VINOKUR, Kevin Gene MCCULLOH, Michael David BEDNAR, Karl Yutaka IWAHASHI, David Brent SEARS, Peter Jeffrey THOMAS, Yeu-chuan HSIA, Hiroshi SUZUKI, Benjamin An Shing CHAO
  • Publication number: 20180369521
    Abstract: A flow generator includes a housing, a blower structured to generate a flow of pressurized breathable air, and a suspension device to support the blower within the housing and provide a pressure seal between low and high pressure sides of the blower. The suspension device includes a bellows-like portion provided along the perimeter of the blower to absorb shock applied at least radially to the blower and one or more cones provided along upper and/or lower sides of the blower to absorb shock applied at least axially to the blower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Allan Freas VELZY, Samuel Aziz MEBASSER, Roman VINOKUR, Kevin Gene MCCULLOH, Michael David BEDNAR, Karl Yutaka IWAHASHI, David Brent SEARS, Peter Jeffrey THOMAS, Yeu-chuan HSIA, Hiroshi SUZUKI, Benjamin An Shing CHAO
  • Patent number: 10092716
    Abstract: A flow generator includes a housing, a blower structured to generate a flow of pressurized breathable air, and a suspension device to support the blower within the housing and provide a pressure seal between low and high pressure sides of the blower. The suspension device includes a bellows-like portion provided along the perimeter of the blower to absorb shock applied at least radially to the blower and one or more cones provided along upper and/or lower sides of the blower to absorb shock applied at least axially to the blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: ResMed Motor Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Freas Velzy, Samuel Aziz Mebasser, Roman Vinokur, Kevin Gene McCulloh, Michael David Bednar, Karl Yutaka Iwahashi, David Brent Sears, Peter Jeffrey Thomas, Yeu-chuan Hsia, Hiroshi Suzuki, Benjamin An Shing Chao
  • Publication number: 20150023782
    Abstract: A flow generator includes a housing, a blower structured to generate a flow of pressurized breathable air, and a suspension device to support the blower within the housing and provide a pressure seal between low and high pressure sides of the blower. The suspension device includes a bellows-like portion provided along the perimeter of the blower to absorb shock applied at least radially to the blower and one or more cones provided along upper and/or lower sides of the blower to absorb shock applied at least axially to the blower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Allan Freas Velzy, Samuel Aziz Mebasser, Roman Vinokur, Kevin Gene McCulloh, Michael David Bednar, Karl Yutaka Iwahashi, David Brent Sears, Peter Jeffrey Thomas, Yeu-chuan Hsia, Hiroshi Suzuki, Benjamin An Shing Chao